Talwar-class frigate

	INS Talwar (F40) entering the port of Manama, Bahrain
Class overview
Name	Talwar class
Builders	Baltiysky Zavod; Yantar Shipyard; Goa Shipyard;
Operators	Indian Navy
Preceded by	Brahmaputra class
Succeeded by	Shivalik class
Subclasses	Admiral Grigorovich class
Cost	$1.9 billion for 4 ships (2019 estimate, $475 million per ship)
Planned	10
Building	4
Completed	6
Active	6
General characteristics
Type	Guided missile frigate
Displacement	3,850 t (4,240 short tons) standard load 4,035 t (4,448 short tons) full load
Length	124.8 m (409 ft 5 in)
Beam	15.2 m (49 ft 10 in)
Draught	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
Propulsion	COGAG configuration; Zorya-Mashproekt M7N.1E propulsion plant; 2 × DS-71 cruise gas turbines ; 9,850 shp (7,350 kW) ; 2 × DT-59 boost gas turbines; 22,185 shp (16,543 kW);
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,850 mi (4,210 nmi; 7,810 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph); 1,600 mi (1,400 nmi; 2,600 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph);
Endurance	30 days
Complement	180 (18 officers)
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × 3Ts-25E Garpun-B surface search radar; 1 × MR-212/201-1 navigation radar; 1 × Kelvin Hughes Nucleus-2 6000A radar; 1 × Ladoga-ME-11356 intertial navigation and stabilisation; 1 × Fregat M2EM 3D circular scan radar; 1 × Ratep JSC 5P-10E Puma fire-control system; 1 × 3R14N-11356 fire-control system FCS; 4 × MR-90 Orekh;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	1 × TK-25E-5 EWS; 1 × PK-10 ship-borne decoy launching systems; 4 × KT-216 decoy launchers;
Armament	24 × Shtil-1 medium range missiles; 8 × Igla-1E (SA-16); 8 × VLS launched Klub, anti-ship cruise missiles (F40, F43, F44); 8 × VLS launched BrahMos, anti-ship and land-attack cruise missiles (F45, F50, F51); 1 × 100mm A-190E, naval gun; 2 × AK-630 CIWS (F45, F50, F51); 2 × Kashtan CIWS (F40, F43, F44); 2 × twin 533mm DTA-53-11356 torpedo tubes; 1 × RBU-6000 (RPK-8) rocket launcher;
Aircraft carried	1 × Ka-28 (or) Ka-31 (or) HAL Dhruv

The Talwar-class frigates or Project 11356 are a class of stealth guided missile frigates designed and built by Russia for the Indian Navy. The Talwar-class guided missile frigates are the improved versions of the Krivak III-class (Project 1135) frigates used by the Russian Coast Guard. The design has been further developed as the Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate for the Russian Navy. Six ships were built in two batches between 1999 and 2013.

Designed by Severnoye Design Bureau, the first batch of ships were built by Baltic Shipyard and the second batch by Yantar Shipyard. Preceded by the Brahmaputra-class frigates, the Talwar-class frigates are said to have semi-stealth features and better armament. The Indian Navy currently has six of these ships and 4 more are under construction including 2 in an Indian shipyard, for which Goa shipyard was selected.

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